How PEDS:Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM) Assessment Level Helps

The PEDS:DM Assessment Level is designed for developmental follow-up (e.g., in NICU, EI, foster care) and all other programs where children are at elevated risk for problems). The PEDS:DM Assessment Level enables a detailed look each developmental domain, i.e., expressive language, receptive language, fine motor, gross motor, self-help, social-emotional, and for older children, math and reading skills.

Below is an A – Z list of features and benefits of the PEDS:DM Assessment Level. (You can also view our case example showing some of the items, recording grid as completed over time here.)

A. Designed for children from birth to 7 years-11 months

B. Enables strengths and weaknesses to be viewed across domains

C. Has a test booklet that is reusable with each child throughout the 0 to 8 year age range

D. Produces age-equivalent scores (as well as cutoffs) each time a child is measured

E. Illustrates how to use age-equivalent scores to produce percentage of delay, as well as percentage of skills mastered

F. Detects advanced development as well as deficiencies

G. Provides progress monitoring

H. Includes a mechanism for explain results to parents, i.e., a performance grid showing changes over time in relation to chronological age

I. Indicates how to adjust for prematurity

J. Offered in English as well as Spanish and Taiwanese (Arabic and Portuguese coming soon)